When fraud allegations first arose in 2011 against China MediaExpress, CEO Zheng Cheng countered with […]
Author: Caleb Newquist
Founding editor, Going Concern.
Maybe Now You’ll Take the Opposition to Auditor Rotation Seriously
It's fair to say that accounting firms are conservative organizations. That is, they prefer that […]
Ernst & Young Hired Some People
We like to call attention the competitive poaching that goes on behalf of accounting firms because they do such a good job of bombarding the world with that knowledge. It probably got started when we noticed that PwC was using KPMG as its farm team, but more so lately, we've noticed that Ernst & Young aggressively shouting about all the BSDs that are joining the Black and Yellow.
ANR: Demand for Accounting Grads Is Off the Charts; SEC Setting an Example; Is Your WoW Income Taxable? | 06.20.13
Record-Setting Demand Projected for Accounting Graduates: AICPA Report [AICPA]As the unemployment rate in the United States […]
Footnotes: Baker Tilly’s Partner Class; Mark Weinberger’s Getting the Hang of Twitter; Tax Avoidance = Looting the Lord? | 06.19.13
ICYMI: Baker Tilly admitted seven new partners last week. [BTVK] With his fourth tweet — […]
Keep Your Pants On: D&G Probably Won’t Spend Time in Jail for Tax Evasion
As all we know, when Italian men want to protest the injustice of taxes, they […]
Comp Watch ’13: At Least One Grant Thornton Dynamo Is Optimistic
On Monday, compensation kvetching season officially kicked off with PwC. Papa Whisk(e)y Charlie generally sets the […]
Accounting News Roundup: SEC Wants Admissions; An Inisider Trading Consequences Refresher; More on NASBA vs. AICPA | 06.19.13v
SEC Seeks Admissions of Fault [WSJ]The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to make companies and […]
Footnotes: Upside for Phil Mickelson: Less Taxes; Grant Thornton’s Canadian Pick-up; Average Corporate Tax Rates By Industry | 06.18.13
The bright side for Phil Mickelson blowing the U.S. Open again is that he pays […]
The Olds Don’t Get the Internet and All Tax Collectors Are Evil, Say Younger, More Paranoid Republicans That Oppose Online Sales Tax
The Marketplace Fairness Act is back in the news again, as The Hill reports that […]
New York Puts Deloitte in Time-out Over Standard Chartered
Remember last summer when Deloitte got itself wrapped up in a big international money laundering scandal? […]
Let’s Ponder Scott London’s Potential Future in the Service Industry
Late yesterday, Scott London appeared in court to be arraigned on charges of securities fraud […]